Chapter 263 Feeling Tasteful
Until this time, this guy realized that Zhao Yulin had already dealt with the troublemakers in the prefectural school. His behavior of remotely controlling the prefectural school to do bad things had long been exposed. He immediately stood up and ran away. On his left and right, two more officials stood up and ran away.
Lao Cao laughed out loud when he saw how embarrassed these people were, and the gentlemen also started discussing with a smile.
Zhao Yulin asked Mr. Ding if there was anything else he wanted to discuss?
The clerk at the back immediately picked up a pile of documents and distributed them to everyone one by one.
He took the agenda and looked at it. It had a table of contents and topics. He was very satisfied and felt that it had some flavor.
Mr. Ding smiled and pointed to the topic of building a road in Renhuai. He suggested that Ms. Shun Zhidi be the envoy of appeasement and Madam Zhen be the envoy of grain transport. Madam Shun is old, how about being the deputy envoy to assist Zhidi?
This situation was consistent with what Zhao Yulin had explained in Renhuai. It was obvious that Mr. Ding and Lao Cao had discussed it together. He nodded and said that he would listen to everyone's opinions.
What opinions do you have? The three giants have already agreed. They all nodded and praised Madam Zhidi for her talent.
Mr. Ding asked with a smile: The position of transporter is still vacant, who is suitable for the job?
Zhao Yulin turned around and pointed at the secretary. He thought this person was suitable and asked what to call him. He wanted to propose going to Renhuai to take charge of the transportation affairs as the transportation judge.
Everyone was immediately surprised. It was another clerk.
Mr. Ding said with a smile that this person was Wang Rong, the chief of staff of the Military Affairs Office. How could he be made to do this?
Old Cao immediately said that his brother would not have misjudged him. When he saw the preparations in the meeting room today and the sending of the agenda just now, Cao thought that he was very meticulous and had inherited the true teachings of Mr. Ding.
The immortal is so strict that Lao Cao has also learned to flatter him.
Lord Ding felt as sweet as if he had drunk a big bowl of honey after listening to this. He asked with a smile on his face what everyone thought.
Everyone echoed again.
Then, people rushed to send judges to various states in Renhuai.
Zhao Yulin said let's do this first. Before sending people away, Cao Gong reminded them again that they must fully respect the customs of all ethnic groups, must not discriminate in any way, and must use the concepts of a new society to govern Renhuai.
The gentlemen echoed again, "Yes, yes." The sounds of "um, um" continued.
Soon, all the issues on the agenda were dealt with.
Mr. Ding asked him cheerfully, "In the morning, the commander proposed at the provincial school that the expenses of the provincial school should be fully borne by the Administration Office. I strongly agree with that."
How to do it?
Let’s discuss it.
Zhao Yulin looked around and didn't see anyone from the Educational Affairs Department, so he asked, "Where is the Educational Affairs Department?"
Mr. Ding said with a smile that academic affairs in Chengdu were handled by a staff officer and there was no special agency.
When he saw Zhao Feiyan beside him, he thought for a while and said: How about this, we set up an academic affairs department now, invite Feiyan to be the chief envoy, and be in charge of academic affairs in Sichuan and Shu?
Mr. Ding was stunned for a moment, then he said with joy, "That's great. This is very good. With the princess caring about the students, our academic affairs in Sichuan will surely get better and better."
Everyone immediately laughed and congratulated the little princess on her participation in political affairs.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that academic affairs are all about education, not just the prefectural schools, state schools, and county schools, but it involves the education of the entire population, so it needs to be carefully planned.
The original staff officer will be the judge, helping Miss Feiyan to set up the academic affairs department. How should the prefectural school be reformed? You gentlemen, please discuss it again.
What we need to do now is to separate the fields and shops of the prefectural school. Temporarily transfer 100,000 strings of money for expenses. How do you think?
Mr. Ding was very happy. His grandfather and Professor Wu were good friends who wrote poems and essays. Zhao Yulin took the initiative to propose to allocate 100,000 yuan to the mansion to learn flowers. Of course, it was so sour that it made his teeth fall out.
The old man was grinning so hard that he couldn't stop smiling and nodded continuously.
Zhao Yulin said that the professors and students of the prefectural school should also go out and have a look. The Department of Education might as well arrange for them to go to Jiading and Xuzhou for study. There are only a few hundred people. They can use military ships and live in military camps. They can go to Cuiping Academy to study for a few days. We will immediately arrange for craftsmen to overhaul the prefectural school, dismantle and repair the dilapidated buildings with tilted walls, and replace the accommodation equipment for the students. Everything is ready.
Everyone in the meeting hall started discussing the matter enthusiastically. Almost all of these officials were hired through the imperial examinations, so when the topic of investing in building schools came up, they all expressed their full support and praised the commander for his concern for education.
Zhao Feiyan was recording quickly with a happy look on her face.
Zhao Yulin teased Zhao Feiyan with a smile: The princess’s academic affairs department hasn’t sent out the carriage yet, right?
The Department of Education had just been built on the table, so there was definitely no carriage. Ding Gong looked at him awkwardly and said: My carriage can only be used by the princess.
Lao Cao said that he was used to riding a horse, and the carriage in the mansion was useless, so he pulled it out to serve as the princess's carriage.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that was impossible, he was just joking with you guys.
He suggested that the Administration Office purchase a batch of new horse-drawn carriages from Yibin and distribute them to various departments for use. Lord Ding could send a letter to Baoning Prefecture, asking them to send some pack horses over.
Mr. Ding was overjoyed, and everyone else looked at them with a smile.
Lao Cao said that there were plenty of pack horses in Baoning Prefecture, and the Administration Office was not short of money, so Mr. Ding might as well be generous and make it more convenient for everyone to go out and do business.
Oh, everyone has already started discussing how many horses and carriages each company should have.
Zhao Yulin looked at his ministers who were all smiling happily and thought that this little money was nothing. It would be fine as long as they stopped asking for a restoration of the emperor.
A trace of worry flashed across Cao Youwen's face, and he said: Fortunately, we reduced taxes for the people last year. The farmers in Shu work too hard. They all rent land from big landlords. When the land rent and land rent are added together, the farmers who actually work on the land are left with only a few pounds of surplus grain.
Zhao Yulin turned his eyes to the Transport Envoy Hua Yue and his Deputy Envoy Ma Ling'er and said, "We will carry out land reform this year. We will ask the landlords to hand over all their land. According to the rules of Guanzhong, we will leave an appropriate piece of land for the landlords and all the excess land will be taken over by the government."
Hua Yue looked at Zhao Yulin blankly, not knowing how to start.
Ma Linger was very clever. She said with a smile that she had discussed this with Lord Hua. As the treasury now had sufficient money, she proposed to first measure the land of each family, classify it according to the fertility of the land, determine the price, and then plan to redeem it as government land in installments and batches.
Land reform was a very thorny matter. Zhao Yulin suggested that Lao Cao take charge and assign relevant departments and bureaus to handle it specially to prevent individual landlords from taking risks and rebelling.
Lao Cao said harshly that the big landlords had exploited the people for too long, and that the price of land should not be too high and should be discounted according to the market price.
Mr. Ding was in a dilemma.
Which official in Chengdu doesn’t have a hundred or several hundred acres of land?
How easy is it to take back the land from these people?
Zhao Yulin said calmly that the government office should first establish a rule, starting with the officials. Officials who voluntarily handed over their land would be redeemed at the market price, and those who were taken back by the government at the end of the term would be given 20% off. Those who refused to obey the order would be ordered to resign, and then their land would be forcibly confiscated.
Everyone immediately became solemn.
Damn, Commander Zhao is really cruel. He wants to start the reform with the officials. If you don't obey, you will be fired immediately and your property will be confiscated?
Hua Yue was the first to agree. He had just come from Lin'an and didn't have any land, so naturally he agreed absolutely.
Lao Cao said in a rough voice, Hanzhong and Guanzhong all did the same thing, the soldiers on the front line sweated and bled to defend their country and had no objection, so what do you gentlemen have to say?
Mr. Ding immediately expressed his support and even mobilized his acquaintances and friends to hand over their land first. Officials in the conference hall began to express their support one by one.
In order to promote the business, Zhao Yulin casually said that we officials should hand over our land first. When the big landlords saw that their land had to be handed over, the price would surely drop sharply. Those who were slow would naturally sell it at a very low price, hehe.
He chuckled casually, and these officials who owned the land immediately shuddered in their hearts.
Damn, that's exactly the truth. Everyone is selling land, there are many sellers, and the government is the only buyer, which is pitifully small. Naturally, the price has fallen. Everyone is thinking in their hearts, go back and hand over the land as soon as possible. It doesn't matter if it is rated as poor land, and you have to pay it at a 10% discount.
Zhao Yulin didn't think about these trivial matters.
Ding Gong invited all the officials to have dinner together, but they all said they had urgent matters at home and hurried out of the government office. Hua Yue was also anxious to go back and plan the harvest, and even brought the grain transport staff with him.
Lao Cao laughed and said that everyone was busy, so he would accompany them for a drink.
Mr. Ding immediately told Zhao Feiyan not to leave and to come back after having dinner.
Cao Gong asked the Chief Justice to go to the government office restaurant at the back, and Zhao Yulin had no choice but to ask Feihu to bring two jars of his aged Five Grains.
As soon as Lao Cao sat down, he laughed and said to Zhao Yulin: Brother, you just mentioned that land is going to depreciate, and those who have land are panicking.
Zhao Yulin laughed and asked, "Please drink, let's toast to Lord Ding together."
Old Cao boasted that he had told the inspector to sell the land, and Li Gang obediently told the police to hand over the land. If anyone refused to obey in the future, Cao would ask the inspector to investigate carefully.
Zhao Yulin began to sigh about Lao Cao. This guy actually learned his trick and took advantage of other people's weaknesses and squeezed them hard.
Mr. Ding asked everyone to toast Lao Cao and thank him for helping him solve the problem.
Old Cao said proudly that he learned it from his brother. Right now the people in Chengdu are burdened too heavily, and their lives will not be improved unless these land gods are taken into account.
Lord Ding nodded and said that he knew it too, but he was worried that the hesitation would drag on for too long.
Zhao Yulin reminded Lao Cao to be careful, as there were many big landlords in Chengdu and their armed forces were everywhere. Once someone took the risk, riots could be ruled out.
Lao Cao nodded with a serious expression and told him that he had already instructed the garrisons in the downwind areas and other places to be on high alert, and anyone who dared to act rashly would be killed without mercy.
Mr. Ding didn't like fighting and killing, so he asked Zhao Feiyan with a smile, "What do you want to do with the little princess's studies?"
Zhao Feiyan blushed and said that she would listen to Brother Yulin.
Zhao Yulin immediately said: Now that I am an academician, I need to make my own decisions.
Zhao Feiyan said: She would go to the provincial school to discuss with the old teacher tomorrow. She planned to send the students to Cuiping Mountain to study first, and then report to Mr. Ding after she was familiar with the academic affairs.
Lord Ding was delighted to hear this and praised Zhao Feiyan for her intelligence. He also said that he would accompany the princess to inspect the school the next day.
The old man is interesting. He seems to be trying to teach Zhao Feiyan a lesson.
